Re: [FWP] Recursion, anyone?

[Robin Houston <robin@kitsite.com>]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 08:50:02AM -0300, Filipe Brandenburger wrote:
> As I see by the definition of <label>, only names starting with a letter 
> and ending with a letter or a digit are legal, so 'A--' is legal, but 
> 'A--B' or 'A--0' are legal. I think I've seen some domain names starting 
> with a number, but I should be wrong. Anyone ever seen one of these?

I was about to mention 1------1.com here, but it doesn't seem to exist
any more. Pity. The following all exist, after a fashion:

   Domain Name: 1-1.COM
   Domain Name: 1--1.COM
   Domain Name: 1---1.COM
   Domain Name: 1-----1.COM
   Domain Name: 1-------1.COM

 .robin.

-- 
select replace(a, CHR(88), replace(a,'''','''''')) from (
select 'select replace(a, CHR(88), replace(a,'''''''','''''''''''')) from (
select ''X'' a from dual)' a from dual)

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